1 second ago 2009-11-09T18:05:23-08:00
Stuff happens. That old adage (substitute the word "stuff" if you like) sums up the Republican strategy to slow Sonia Sotomayor's fast train to confirmation: Hope that something goes wrong.
Here's how Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, summed up Sotomayor's prospects for CBS this morning:
"I do think there are some very real questions, fundamental questions about the nominee," he said.
But will she be confirmed?
"I think you just don't know," Sessions said. "Odd things happen at hearings and there are moments you don't expect."
He hopes.
-Ron Fournier, AP Washington bureau chief
